02/29/2012

The state rested Tuesday afternoon in the trial of a former local kindergarten teacher, Fernando Campos, accused of sexually abusing students.

Under defense examination, Campos’ attorney, Stan Schwieger, asked the girl’s mother about her legal status in the U.S.

She is not a U.S. citizen.

The defense asserts that there could be some advantage to the woman if her daughter were actually a crime victim and suggested that a new visa or possible citizenship was a motive for her testimony, even if she wasn’t aware of the possible benefits of having a child who was a victim of a crime.